Bomb blast in Pak kills 1, injures 8

The bomb was planted in a motorcycle parked outside a shop in Balochistan's Turbat. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

Karachi: A powerful bomb blast ripped through a busy market in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province on Tuesday, killing one person and wounding eight others, police said.

The blast took place in Turbat and a number of vehicles were damaged in the attack. The bomb was planted in a motorcycle parked outside a shop in Turbat and killed one person and injuring eight others, a senior police official said.

The injured have been shifted to a hospital for treatment, the officer said. "A number of vehicles have also been damaged in the blast," he said.

It was yet to be ascertained who was the target of the blast, but all the injured were civilians, police said.

PTI